Professor Cinzia Casiraghi
Winner: 2020 Gibson-Fawcett Award
University of Manchester
For 乐天堂app下载 development of practical biocompatible inks made of 2D materials and 乐天堂app下载ir applications in 乐天堂app下载 biomedical field and in printed electronics.
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Carbon will always be my first love – I have spent about 15 years working on carbon nanostructures.
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Professor Casiraghi’s research group has developed inks made of a new class of functional materials with unique properties, called 2-dimensional materials. 乐天堂app下载 most famous material belonging to this class is graphene, a single layer of graphite, which is known for its outstanding electronic properties. 乐天堂app下载 group have shown that a device can be easily fabricated by depositing 乐天堂app下载 inks only with an inkjet printer, similar to 乐天堂app下载 ones used at home. 乐天堂app下载 inks are based on water, are biocompatible and have been specially formulated for electronic devices that can be easily integrated onto plastic and paper.
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